Arkansas' capital city, Little Rock and its suburbs were struck by a powerful tornado on Thursday. The high winds left parts of the city in ruin and injured an uncertain number of people.

The tornado passed right over the National Weather Service’s North Little Rock office. Employees of the service were forced to seek refuge into a bunker, where they stayed for a couple of minutes until the tornado passed over.

"We went into our shelter," said John Lewis, a forecaster with the NWS at the North Little Rock Airport. "We could hear it ... go by."

The service said some people were hurt at a Benton trailer park. An older woman was injured and treated by paramedics outside her Cammack Village home.

The city’s airport was also severely damaged. The twister wrecked a hangar as well as some airplanes. Most of the small- and medium-size planes were flipped over onto their wings.

"There's pretty extensive damage in the Little Rock area," said Lewis.

According to the National Weather Service the high winds destroyed a dealership and a mobile home park near Benton, a town near Little Rock. The high winds downed power lines and trees in the area

After wreaking havoc into the city, the twister moved to Little Rock suburban area.

Police and firefighters were very vigilant and checked on almost every resident of the small 1,000 people community. They reportedly offered medical assistance to an elderly woman. Fortunately, she didn’t suffer serious injuries.

Susann Walters, a 55-year-old local, said he sought shelter in the closet and took her two dogs inside as the tornado approached her home.

"It was probably 30-45 seconds," she said. "It was quick."

The tornado also struck a Hurricane Lake Mobile Home Park in Saline County and caused at least 50 mobile homes to catch fire, KARK-TV reported.

Reports of the agency show that there was also a second storm that hit the same areas as the first one, but wasn’t as powerful. Another storm formed south of Hot Springs and went in the same direction as the other two.